While the residents of Greenpoint do show a certain sense of neighborhood loyalty (“They beat us?” “Sunnyside?”), The New York Times found that they were also somewhat dubious regarding their fifth-place finish:
The wind turned, and a pungent blast of something chemical — nail polish remover? — wafted by. “The smells Read More
Monday: Heroes
When the dust settles and Heroes gets rightfully canceled (expect this to happen in the spring), it will be remembered as the Creed to Lost‘s Pearl Jam; this is a show that has degenerated so quickly into tedium, we find it hard to imagine Heroes was ever taken seriously by the geek Read More
If you’re tired of listening to Christian Bale eviscerating Terminator Salvation cinematographer Shane Hurlbut for distracting him during a shot (and honestly, you shouldn’t be, because it is the most insane thing ever), we’ve found another way for you to spend your lunch hour. The New York Times has been kind enough to Read More
Doubt
Running Time: 104 minutes
Written and directed by John Patrick Shanley
Starring Meryl Streep, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, from his own screenplay, adapted from his own play, left me less moved than querulously dissatisfied despite the impressive performances of Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Read More
To quote The Joker: "And here… we… go." Including the one-week qualifying run of Steven Soderbergh’s four-hour epic Che at the Ziegfeld Theater, four films with Oscar hopes hit theaters this weekend. Stars like Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Kate Winslet will all fight for the highfalutin ticket buyers’ heart. Read More
Doubt
Running time 104 minutes
Written and directed by John Patrick Shanley
Starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
In Doubt, the somber, talky movie John Patrick Shanley has written and directed from his own play, Meryl Streep gives the polar opposite of Mickey Rourke’s performance in The Wrestler. From Read More
John Patrick Shanley is the playwright, screenwriter, and director of Doubt, a film adaptation (starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, and Viola Davis) of his Pulitzer-winning play about a nun who suspects a priest at a Catholic school in the Bronx of sexually abusing a young black student.
Monday afternoon, Mr. Shanley Read More
Milk
We only needed to see the kick-ass trailer for Milk to slot this Gus Van Sant film straight into Best Picture contention. After all, it has all of those gold statuette elements: a true story—of California’s first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who was murdered alongside San Francisco Read More
Good gravy! Here’s another end-of-the-year biggie trailer that looks as though it could be a major contender in award season, It’s Doubt, written and directed by John Patrick Shanley, who also wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning play on which the film is based. Set in 1964, the story centers on a nun who confronts Read More
